Soldanella carpatica, Vierh.

5. S. carpatica Vierh. View in CoL in Urban & Graebner, Festschr. Ascherson 504 (1904).

Petioles when young with rather sparse, sessile glands, most of which do not persist to maturity. Lamina 8-50 mm wide, suborbicular, dark green, usually violet beneath, concentrically rugose above when dry, veins not visible; basal sinus narrow, shallow. Scape (3-)5-15(-20) cm, (l-)2- to 5- flowered; pedicels with glandular hairs, the stalk equalling or up to 3 times as long as the head. Corolla 8-15 mm, divided to of its length, violet; lobes 3- to 4(5)-partite or 3-dentate, more or less distinctly longer than the laciniae. Filaments glabrous, shorter than or almost equalling the anthers; staminal appendages the length of the anther. Capsule-teeth rounded at apex. Seeds acutely angled, often with a narrow wing along one side. 2n = 40. • W. Carpathians. Cz Po.